Carpet-retainer.



W. W. PHILLIPS.

CARPET RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED mum, 1912.

Patented Mar. 31, 19M 7 mllli a; w fleaz WALTER W. PHILLIPS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CARPET-RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 19bit.

Application filed March 4, 1912. Serial No. 681,592.

Toall whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, VVALTER \V. PHILLIPS,

- a citizen of the United States, residing at tion adjacent" the risers The tension of- Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to retainers for carpets for stairways and the object is to provide a device for holding a strip of carpet in proper place on a stairway.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a self-retaining means for holding the carpet in place upon a stairway.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a resilient carpet retainer whereby a carpet may be retained to a stairway with out use of tacks. And still another object is to provide a resilient carpet retainer whereby said resiliency will hold said retainer to a stairway without use of nails, screws, etc.

lVith the above and other objects in View which will be move specifically explained in the following specification I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying dr wings, in which,

I igure 1 is a detached front viewof my carpet retainer, Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of a portion of a stairway'showing my device in use, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of a stairway showing my device retaining a strip of carpet.

Likewise reference characters indicate like parts throughout the specification and in the several yiews in the drawings in which 1 is a resilient carpet-retaining base member having spring arms 2 and 3 which are adapted to engage the under projecting portion of a tread 1. The arms 2 and 3 are connected to the base member 1 by sinuous .springs 5 and 6, which are on a vertical plane with said retainer bent offset from saidbase 1. The construction of the offsets 6 wh 1 merge with the carpet retaining member 1 is such that an S-shaped con figuration is provided wh'ch inclines forwardly, as clearly shown i Fig. 3,'but it will be understood that it is the forward in-- clination of this offset which distinguishes it from the other sinuous offsets.

In use, the carpet strip 7 is passed under the retainer 1 and brought thereover, so as to project forwardly of-the arms 2 and 3, which, when in place, assume a vertical gamithe spring members is sufficient to hold the retainer in proper position, whereby the carpetis held in place upon the stairway 8. And when the spring arms 2 and 3 are thus held in vertical position, the positions of the carpet adjacent said arms will also remain set in vertical positidn-a desirable feature because of the economy attained. For this purpose the carpet retaining member 1 will bear against the carpet at a point inv advance of the axes of the arms 2 and 3.

Numerous modifications and variations can be made in this device without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the kind described, comprising a bar positioned upon the tread of one step of the stairs, and provided with integrally formed extensions at the ends arranged to engage the next higher-step substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the kind described, comprising a resilient bar, extending across the width of the carpet at one tread, and thence extended at each end to engage the next higher tread.

3. A device of the kind described, comprising a bar arranged at the juncture of the tread and riser on the front side of the carpet, said bar provided with a resilient arm at each end, extending upwardly and back of the carpet to 'the under side of the next higher tread. Y

4. A carpet retainer consisting of a single piece of spring wire having a downwardly curved base, said base being resilient and having vertical arms, said base being offset from the plane of said arms and adapted to seat on said carpet.

5. A carpet retainer comprising a single piece of 'sp1'ing-wire, said wire having its free ends bent to formstraight portions disposcd in a similar direction and a convex cross piece disposed at an incline to and in continuation of said two straight portions, said cross-piece have portions substantially S-shaped and merging with said straight portions.

6. A carpet retainer having a base with arms projecting upwardly from its opposing ends and having blunt terminals, said base being ofl'set from the plane of said arms.

7. K carpet retainer consisting of a member'having a downwardly curved base with armsbent inwardly from the ends thereof carpet strip. retainer having an arcuate base, vertical arms, and an inclined connection between said base and arms, said arms being I vertically resilient. 1 15 In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. Y a

' WALTER: W. PHILLIPS.

. Witnesses: I

WALLiN-crroN T. PIoKET'rs, FREDERICK J. PYE.

and then projecting upwardly to engage a stair tread. Y I

8. A retainer comprising an arcuate base ha ving vertical ofl'set arms with blunt ter- 5 ninals said base being resilient.

9. A retainer comprising an arcuate base having vertical offset arms with blunt terminals, springs connecting said base to said arms, said base, arms and springs being s formed of a single piece of wire.

' 10. The described device consisting of a Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, I). 0. 

